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Russian River Salvation

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98
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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
3673.85/5.03.83/5.0Winter9%94.7Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
This Belgian style Strong Dark Ale has a tawny brown color and aromas of banana and spice that dominate the initial bouquet of the beer. Lean malt flavors blend perfectly with fruit driven characteristics created by the classic Belgian yeast which fermented this ale. The alcohol content is deceptively smooth just like its sister beer Damnation. Brewed just once a year for a release in January.
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 Delirium (502), Santa Cruz, California, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/517/20

Sep 23, 2009  
Draught at the brewpub. Pours clear dark reddish/brown with a moderate, lasting brown head. Aroma and flavor both have a lot going on. Dark fruits (plum, fig), brown sugar and caramel, roast malt, hint of chocolate, spiced with licorice and vanilla. Might be on the sweet side for some, but I like it quite a bit.

mastabass666 (68), California, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/515/20
Dec 19, 2009  
Pours brown, with a solid head. Aroma is fruity, ash, alcohol. Flavor is dark, yeasty, malty, with a bitterness that sits right on top of your toungue. Finish is malty and mostly bitter.


 tokyogoat (571), San Diego, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
Dec 11, 2009  
Pours a murky dark brown with a large tan head. Nose is heavy on banana esters, spices, and dark fruits. Taste is in line with the style, nice dark fruit flavors, spicy esters, banana peel, belgian candy sugar, very tasty.


 DalzAle (509), Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Oct 7, 2009  
Bottle. Dark brown pour, medium carbonation with a good spicy and malty aroma. Flavor is plum, banana white pepper, and very malty and well balanced for a 9% ABV beer. Very good and well worth a try.


 Soonah (970), Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/516/20
Oct 6, 2009  
Poured dark brown with nice ruby highlights and a creamy, tan head that hung around for a while and created nice lacing. The aroma was a beautiful blend of rich caramel malts, dark fruits and light yeast. The flavor followed along, with an almost perfect combination of the yeast and the rich malts. Some very pleasant alcohol warmth towards the end. Nice, medium bodied mouthfeel. Really good.


 Tmoney99 (4779), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/516/20
Sep 18, 2009  
Bottle Batch 17 shared by alexsdad06. Poured clear reddish/brown color with an average brown head that lasted with excellent lacing. Very complex dark fruit, caramel and small alcohol aroma. Medium to full body with a smooth texture and flat carbonation. Medium to heavy complex chocolate bittersweet flavor with medium to heavy bittersweet finish of moderate to long duration. This is a standout beer.


 LooseCannon (936), Norfolk, Virginia, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Sep 14, 2009  
750ml Bottle courtesy of Immy at Immy’s Backyard Throwdown, Batch 004. Pours brown in color with tan head. Aroma malty, caramal and spicy. Taste sweet, malty, woody, toffee and caramal with bitter finish.


 Lubiere (4550), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/515/20
Aug 31, 2009  
A burgundy copper red ale with a thin moka head. In aroma, interesting oily cloves, caramel, fusel alcohol, and woody notes. In mouth, an oily candy suagr with orange peels, intense and lovely aniseed and licorice, alcohol warmth, very pleasing. On tap at brewpub, August 17, 2009.



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